Brand J

Purgatory.

I think the defense has a lot of “good” players, but no “great” ones, aside from Von Miller before his injury and Matt Milano. There’s only 2 blue chip talents on the defensive side, but the collection of talent is enough that we should be getting more out of that group. The pieces weren’t used effectively (obviously). It’s not like we had guys getting beat in one on one, Cinci had players running Scott free through the secondary all game and that was without blitzing. Just an inexcusable game plan and shame on Frazier and McD for sticking with the same failed gameplan from the first Cinci game (when it was clear we’d have problems then). “You don’t want to overthink things” says Frazier. How about thinking at all? How about scheming players to stop what Cinci does well? How about taking away either the run or the pass?? No resistance for either.

How about that defensive timeout McD took later in the 2nd half on a Bengals 3rd down? I laughed to myself and thought “the Bengals will pick this up anyway” and sure enough, they did. I’ve never seen timeouts burned on defense so ineffectively. What are they discussing during the timeout? Who makes the best Buffalo Wings?

The OL would look better in the passing game if Josh routinely got rid of the ball in 2.5 secs, but that’s not the type of QB he is, so we have to accommodate to his strengths. We need some maulers that will help in the ground game. Also not sure what to do with Dawkins since I think he’s a B- to B left tackle. We need upgrades everywhere and lack the resources to get it done. This will be Beane’s toughest offseason yet.

Andy Reid said after the Jags game that blitzing was his favorite thing to do. I agree that I’d rather run a high risk/high reward defense over one that is reactionary and cautious. You’ll get more boom or bust plays, sure, but the cautious one isn’t stopping a good offense, so what are we doing? Give me some boom plays that translates to our offense getting the ball back. Frazier is out of his element with blitz calls, they’re not his forte.

Joey B had a piss poor OL in front of him, but that dude got the ball out quick. He processes very fast and knows where to go with the ball. Someone said a young Tom Brady, I can’t argue against that.

Whaaaat? This is an Alpha post?! I could’ve sworn you’ve long defended Frazier. I think Lou A, the Bengals coordinator, put on a clinic today. He schemed his chess pieces very well, it was like he knew what the Bills wanted to do and when. That’s a real DC. Meanwhile ours can’t stop the run, can’t stop the pass, can’t stop anything really against a Bengals line that was easily the worst unit left in the playoffs. I’ve been over Frazier and his soft scheme for a couple years now and really thought he should’ve been canned at the end of 13 seconds. The definition of insanity is doing the same over and over and expecting different results. I’ll be pissed if we don’t make a move there and will lose faith in Beane on down.

Payton wants $20M/yr. And has only won 1 SB his entire coaching career. No thanks. I do think we need to move on from Frazier, no question, and give serious consideration to moving on from Dorsey.

He’s a better rhythm passer for sure - timing, touch, accuracy, ball placement - you can’t objectively say Allen has Burrow in any of those categories. And I said that long before this game.

They have a guy who knows how to properly coordinate the pieces.

Can’t stop the run. Can’t stop the pass. Can’t stop a nosebleed.

If you told me the Bills and Giants would make it the same distance this year, I would’ve assumed a 5-12 season because Allen got hurt.

That’s how you scheme a defense.

Maybe the worst game of Dawkins career.

CIN hasn’t even punted. They’ve rarely had a 3rd down to convert.

And that’s why I don’t punt on 4th and 2, you’re not stopping CIN anyway. They just drove right down the field again, no resistance.

What gets me, what REALLY gets me, is how unprepared the team looks. Forget about everything else, they just look out coached, out schemed, confused, a step slow everywhere. There may be truth that McD is Doug Collins and we need to find Phil Jackson, but it’d be a huge gamble replacing the staff and after Beane’s talk about McD as a coach of the year candidate, it’s not happening.

Don’t hurt any more of the Bengal players. Need them at full strength next week against KC.

Well done Bengals. Well done.

Let him, he never makes a difference against the better offenses, so what’s the use in paying him?

The Ravens offense was more of a threat to the Bengals than the Bills. Let that sink in.

Think it’s pretty clear this scheme can only flourish with great players.

Bengals D coordinator is a real one.

What’s alarming is that they’ll make no defensive changes to the coaching staff that also cost them 13 seconds.

I want Eric Bieniemy to go elsewhere and prove he’s as good an OC he believes himself to be (I don’t think he is). If so he’ll finally get a HC opportunity.